United Way - Downtown Carnival

The United Way invited the Public Produce Project to set up shop at the downtown carnival on Friday July 15. It was a great opportunity to chat with the community about the project and decorate the sidewalk as colourfully as we could. We had a lot of great feedback and may have even recruited some newbies! Huge thanks to Bonnie, Kevin, Jen, Robin, and Carole who volunteered their time, spread the good word of edibles, and created some fantastic sidewalk veggies!! 

Big thanks to the United Way and Jeff (organizer extraordinaire!) for inviting us to the carnival. 

oh ya, there were bubbles too!!

Kamloops Daily News Goes Edible!!!

Jen has been spreading the wonderful word of edibles by initiating an edible garden project at the Kamloops Daily News. Now the little courtyard outside the rather large, concrete building has some lovely & delicious plants.

And..

a little, lunch-time salad. 

photo credit: Jennifer Poohachoff

Wildman Appearance in the Garden!!

Our Mural Artists - Dani & Emily:

Lovely Ladies:

 Dirty Hands:

And then, much later in the day, 

Guess who showed up!!!???

A Wildman in Blue!

(and then, eventually, some wanna be wild men...)

Snacks!

Big Thank You to Elaine for putting in these signs - now we know what to pick & how to pick it!!

Our first Lunch & Learn - Our first Harvest!!

On Wednesday June 22nd (at 12:15), Dede Bone (Community Kitchens Coordinator) and Elaine Sedgman (Master Gardenere) lead our first-ever Lunch and Learn. Elaine lead us through a short workshop on how to properly harvest Mizuna, Pansies, Lettuce, and Nasturtium for a delicious salad. Dede than created a masterpiece salad for all of us to try. Fratellis donated chickpeas and black beans - which added protein and deliciousness to the salad. 
Wednesday confirmed that our garden is growing beautiful AND delicious food. The vegetables listed above are ready for harvest, so come down to the garden and eat!!
We will be hosting more lunch and learns - bring your lunch down to the garden and join us...Keep posted for upcoming dates.

Dede - Our Oh So Lovely (and colour-coordinated)
 Community Kitchens Coordinator

Composting Workshop

On Tuesday June 21, Sally Andrysiak (Master Composter and Master Gardener in Training) lead a composting workshop on site. She reviewed the various methods of composting and revealed some really effective tricks. Thanks for doing this Sally!! 


The TNRD donated a compost bin for the workshop and it is in the garden to stay. It you're strolling and snacking downtown, drop your apple cores and strawberry tops in the compost bin rather than the garbage!! Stay tuned for more workshops!!

2 Workshops Happening in the Garden this Week!

Join us for 2 workshops this week! 

Tuesday (tomorrow!!) June 21 - 4:30 pm : COMPOSTING WORKSHOP. Learn the basics of composting (so you can become a master) with Sally, a local Master Composter. This workshop will be held on site at 4:30 pm and is open to everyone. Bring your apple cores and banana peels!

Wednesday June 22 - 12:15 pm : HARVESTING SPRING GREENS (Our first everLUNCH & LEARN)! Join Elaine (Master Gardener) & Dede (Community Kitchens Coordinator) to learn how to harvest early spring greens! Dede will share a simple & delicious recipe with us too! There may even be a few samples... Bring your lunch over to the garden and leave with healthy, local recipe ideas. 

If you have friends who work downtown, please tell them about these workshops. We'd love to have a great turn out for our first workshops ever !! See you in the garden!!

One additional note: We delivered edible containers to downtown businesses today - big thanks goes out to: Brownstone Restaurant, KPA Printers, Beauty Code, Fratellis, Cafe Motivo, The Art We Are, Fresh Cafe, Hello Toast, Hot House Bistro, and Pure Cuisine for partnering with us by adopting an edible.